Shares of Dollar General (NYSE: DG) were up on Thursday. The leg up comes amid broader market weakness, with the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) down 1.4% and the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) down 2%. The discount retailer reported mixed earnings, but set guidance for 2025 that exceeded Wall Street's targets.

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Over the next 16 trading sessions since that high, the overall market value of the U.S. stock benchmark dropped 10% from its peak of $52.056 trillion. The fall puts the index in what market pros call a correction.

Ulta Beauty’s fourth-quarter earnings barreled past analyst estimates, sending the stock higher in after-hour trading Thursday. The cosmetics retailer’s earnings of $8.46 a share for the quarter that ended Feb. 1 came in well ahead of analyst expectations for $7.13 a share, according to FactSet. Net sales fell by 1.9% to $3.5 billion, largely in line with estimates.

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The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 32 cents per share. The chipmaker posted revenue of $251 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $247.9 million.

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DG earnings call for the period ending December 31, 2024.

The average estimate of 15 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $7.10 per share. The beauty products retailer posted revenue of $3.49 billion in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Twelve analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.46 billion.

Wall Street's sell-off hit a new low following President Donald Trump's latest escalation in his trade war. The S&P 500 fell 1.4% Thursday to finish more than 10% below its record, which was set just last month. Professional investors call such a decline a 'correction,' and it's the first for the index since 2023.